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Between Lebanon and Gaza: Hizbollah in Operation Cast Lead

Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 1, April 2009

Ronen Manelis

At the end of the Second Lebanon War, many claimed that the State of Israel had not succeeded in strengthening Israel’s deterrence vis-à-vis Hizbollah. An examination of the organization’s response to Operation Cast Lead and a comparison with its response to Operation Defensive Shield demonstrate that Israel’s actions in the Second Lebanon War did in fact result in considerably stronger Israeli deterrence.

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Publication Series Military and Strategic Affairs

TopicsLebanon and Hezbollah Lebanon War II Military and Strategic Affairs Operation Cast Lead

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